AITAH for promoting my friend's Twitch

So this situation involves me and two close friends — let’s call them Mac (my closest friend) and John (our mutual friend).

A couple of months ago, I encouraged Mac to start streaming since he plays a lot of CoD and is actually pretty good. After some convincing, he went live for the first time and shared the stream. John and I hopped in and stayed the whole time to support him. A few streams in, John and I were chatting about how we wished we could help him grow his channel more. We never fully followed up on that convo though.

Fast forward a bit Mac started acting cold. He’s done this before, kind of "shunning" us if something bothers him, then coming back like nothing happened. During that time, I kept trying to start convos in our group chat but was basically being ignored. Then I saw Mac was live again, so I joined and chatted with him. He made a joke about needing to “shun” us for a few days, which I didn’t really respond to, but I still hyped him up and tried to support the stream.

Since there weren’t many viewers, I decided this was a great chance to help promote his stream. I found a Discord server for Twitch growth and used it to drop his link people came in, followed, and even engaged in chat. I told Mac I felt like his "guy in the chair" and we laughed about it. He gained maybe 7 followers, nothing crazy, but still some traction.

Later that night, Mac messaged me:

I told him exactly what I did and sent him the invite to the Discord server. Then… silence. For days. Every time I messaged the group asking to play, I got ignored. This went on for a week or two. Considering how often we used to play daily, this felt completely out of the blue.

I had a lot going on in my personal life already, and the silence just made it worse. Eventually, I broke. I messaged the group:

John re-added me, but I left again. He then messaged me privately and asked if I was okay. I told him:

John replied that Mac wasn’t really talking to anyone and might just be taking time for himself. He also mentioned being sick and needing rest. He told me:

I took his advice and chilled for a bit. Later, John told me he thinks Mac got mad because I promoted his Twitch without asking. He said I should apologize, and maybe things could go back to normal. He also said me leaving the group chats made things weird and that I should’ve just muted them. I tried to explain that I only left because I was mentally overwhelmed.

Then came the part that stung:

I sarcastically responded:

Still, I swallowed my pride and messaged Mac privately:

Mac responded:

I responded:

Mac said:

I replied again taking accountability, explaining I tend to overthink and prioritize others, which made everything feel worse than it probably was. After that? Nothing. No response.

Two weeks later, I sent him a funny video. He had unfollowed me on Instagram. I checked — he also removed me on PSN. I asked John what was going on, and he said Mac was “probably just waiting for the right time.” I kept seeing them all play together and it sucked being excluded.

Eventually, I snapped. I messaged John and said how messed up it was that I lost my whole friend group over trying to help. I accused him of following Mac like a dog, which yeah, probably harsh.

He replied saying it was my fault for leaving the group chat and for not asking before promoting Mac. He also accused me of throwing a pity party.

I reminded him he was the one talking with me about promoting Mac in the first place, I just acted on it. He told me not to gaslight him and removed me.

I messaged Mac one last time and said:

His response?

I responded:

He called me delusional, said he wished he’d never been friends with me, and that they were actually planning on inviting me back until I “acted like a big baby.”

Then things escalated. He started attacking me personally saying I didn’t “grind” for my stream, that I begged people for followers, and that I only quit because no one watched me. I lost it.

I called him out for how often he throws fits, and how all I ever did was support him. I said I was done.
I'm going to leave it at that because it was just character attacks afterwards.

So, Reddit… AITAH for promoting my friend’s Twitch without asking first? Or did my friends seriously overreact and drop me for no good reason?
Be honest. I want to learn if I actually messed this up or if I just picked the wrong friends.